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CHEVRON CORP. v. NARANJO

Docket Nos. 11-1150-cv(L), 11-1264-cv(CON).

667 F.3d 232 (2012)

CHEVRON CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Hugo Gerardo Camacho NARANJO, Javier Piaguaje Payaguaje, Steven R. Donziger, The Law Offices of Steven R. Donziger, Defendants-Appellants, Pablo Fajardo Mendoza, Luis Yanza, Frente De Defensa De La Amazonia, Aka Amazon Defense Front, Selva Viva Selviva Cia, Ltda, Stratus Consulting, Inc., Douglas Beltman, Ann Maest, Maria Aguinda Salazar, Carlos Grefa Huatatoca, Catalina Antonia Aguinda Salazar, Lidia Alexandra Aguin Aguinda, Patricio Alberto Chimbo Yumbo, Clide Ramiro Aguinda Aguinda, Beatriz Mercedes Grefa Tanguila, Patricio Wilson Aguinda Aguinda, Celia Irene Viveros Cusangua, Francisco Matias Alvarado Yumbo, Francisco Alvarado Yumbo, Olga Gloria Grefa Cerda, Lorenzo Jose Alvarado Yumbo, Narcisa Aida Tanguila Narvaez, Bertha Antonia Yumbo Tanguila, Gloria Lucrecia Tangui Grefa, Francisco Victor Tanguill Grefa, Rosa Teresa Chimbo Tanguila, Jose Gabriel Revelo Llore, Maria Clelia Reascos Revelo, Maria Magdalena Rodri Barcenes, Jose Miguel Ipiales Chicaiza, Heleodoro Pataron Guaraca, Luisa Delia Tanguila Narvaez, Lourdes Beatriz Chimbo Tanguil, Maria Hortencia Viver Cusangua, Segundo Angel Amanta Milan, Octavio Ismael Cordova Huanca, Elias Roberto Piyahua Payahuaje, Daniel Carlos Lusitand Yaiguaje, Benancio Fredy Chimbo Grefa, Guillermo Vicente Payagu Lusitante, Delfin Leonidas Payagu Payaguaje, Alfredo Donaldo Payagua Payaguaje, Miguel Mario Payaguaje Payaguaje, Teodoro Gonzalo Piaguaj Payaguaje, Fermin Piaguaje Payaguaje, Reinaldo Lusitande Yaiguaje, Luis Agustin Payagua Piaguaje, Emilio Martin Lusitande Yaiguaje, Simon Lusitande Yaiguaje, Armando Wilfrido Piagua Payaguaje, Angel Justino Piaguag Lucitande, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: January 26, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Tyrrell, Jr. ( Eric S. Westenberger , Jason W. Rockwell , John J. Zefutie , Brendan M. Walsh , Edward M. Yennock , Patton Boggs LLP, Newark, NJ; Julio C. Gomez , Gomez LLC, New York, NY; Carlos A. Zelaya, II , F. Gerald Maples, PA, New Orleans, LA, on the brief), Patton Boggs LLP, Newark, NJ, for Defendants-Appellants Naranjo et. al.

John W. Keker ( Elliot R. Peters , Jan N. Little , Steven A. Hirsch , Matthew M. Werdegar , on the brief), Keker & Van Nest LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Defendants-Appellants Steven R. Donziger and the Law Offices of Steven R. Donziger.

Randy M. Mastro ( Andrea E. Neuman , Irvine, CA; William E. Thomson , Los Angeles, CA; Scott A. Edelman , Los Angeles, CA, on the brief), Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before: POOLER, WESLEY, and LYNCH, Circuit Judges.

GERARD E. LYNCH, Circuit Judge:

This appeal represents the latest chapter in the ongoing litigation between plaintiff-appellee Chevron Corp. ("Chevron") and the defendants-appellants, elsewhere known as the Lago Agrio Plaintiffs ("LAPs" or "Ecuadorians") and their American attorney Steven Donziger. Chevron brought the present action in part under New York's Uniform Foreign Country Money-Judgments Recognition Act ("the Recognition Act"), N.Y. C.P.L.R. §§...

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